Looking at the Ming Emperor in front of him, the twelve border town generals kneeling in the middle of the Wuying Palace, they were very excited in their hearts, most of these people were not only entering the Forbidden City for the first time, but also entering Beijing City for the first time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The grandeur of the capital and the magnificence of the palace are an indelible memory for these people. And the emperor didn't seem to be so moody and difficult to get along with, at least not angry at the stumbling of a few people when they entered the palace.

Wang Fu, a veteran of Dongjiang Town, looked at the young emperor in front of him with the rest of his eyes, but it was difficult to equate such a weak scholar-like young man with the decisive and eloquent emperor in Mao Wenlong and Gao Shiming's discussion.

On the way to Beijing this time, Gao Shiming, who returned from the same boat, naturally told him a lot of the emperor's wise deeds, so this veteran of the battlefield who teamed up with Mao Wenlong at the beginning to achieve a great victory in Zhenjiang Fort, and later jointly created the foundation of Dongjiang Town, his understanding of the emperor completely stayed on the image of a heroic and ruthless emperor. Now that I look at it, I look like an ordinary showman next door.

Just as Wang Fu and the others were constantly comparing back and forth in their hearts, the emperor spoke.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know what the kneeling generals were thinking, so he just said according to his own train of thought: "All Aiqing, you are all the generals of the towns on the nine sides, and the pillars of the Ming border army. If there are many events today, it is the time for the imperial court to employ people, and I ordered the formation and training of a new army, especially the need for Qing and others to do their best to serve the service. ”

After listening to the emperor, under the leadership of the veteran Wang Fu, all the generals said at the same time: "The ministers will do their best, please rest assured, Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded at Wang Fu and the others, and then said: "As for the method of military training, I previously ordered the Military Aircraft Department and others to complete the compilation of the "New Army Drill Code". The recruits of the Zhuozhou battalion are not yet considered new soldiers, and the drill should be based on physical fitness and discipline.

"As for the method of exercising physical fitness and discipline, it has been explained in the infantry drill code of the new army, presumably the Qing and others know, and the Qing and others must not despise the method of marching and stopping in this queue, which is the most basic formation after the formation of the new army, whether it is the spear policy of the infantry battalion or the three-stage attack of the musket battalion, it will be based on the method of marching and stopping in the queue. Without refining this method, the soldiers can only be banned when they die on the battlefield. It is important to remember that you must not neglect it. ”

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen gave these border army generals a face-to-face lecture, warned them of the importance of strict discipline, and finally awarded Wang Fu and Zhu Mei the title of chief military officer of regimental training, and the rest were awarded the title of deputy chief military officer of regimental training.

The next day, the holy decree came out, and Sun Chengzong, the secretary of the military department, the minister of military aircraft, the governor of Zhili, and the minister of supervision and training of the new army, was under the control of the reserve battalion of the new army in Zhuozhou.

Wang Fu, a veteran of Dongjiang Town, and Zhu Mei, a veteran of Liaodong Town, were the chief military officers of the Zhuozhou New Army's reserve battalion and regimental training, and they were appointed as the assistant commanders of the left and right respectively.

Li Changling and Zhang Hongye are the principal and deputy commanders of the first standard of the Left Association, and Wang Tingchen and Hei Yunlong are the principal and deputy leaders of the second standard of the Left Association.

Wang Xingshan and Ma Dengyun are the first standard of the Right Association, and Wang Shiguo and Ai Wannian are the leaders and deputy leaders of the second standard of the Right Association. Song Wei and Sun Zushou are the chief and deputy commanders of the standard battalion of the Chinese army.

At the same time, the emperor also appointed Yang Yingqian as the general office of the battalion affairs of the reserve battalion of the New Army, Li Bingcheng and Li Chengxian as the assistant of the battalion, Wang Shugu as the chief salary officer of the Shanhaiguan Military Department, Kong Jiong of the Zhongfang District of the Military Department as the chief military judge, and Huang Daozhou, the young man of the Zhan Shifu, as the chief instructor.

After all this is done, it is only a big shelf that has been initially erected, which still requires a lot of manpower and material resources, but that is what Sun Chengzong needs to coordinate and deal with.

Fortunately, the generals of these border towns have led the army to fight for many years, and they all have some candidates who are optimistic about themselves, and this time they came to Beijing with their own soldiers, and all the arrangements are in good condition for them, and the rest will be arranged by them.

At the time of the holy decree, most people had a bottom in their hearts, because the emperor had summoned them in advance, and Liu Yiding, Fang Kongzhi, and Huang Dao were three people, and the emperor did not summon them to give them face-to-face teaching, but Sun Chengzong interviewed the three and clarified their functions.

In addition to physical fitness and discipline, the new army also needs to do a good job, that is, loyalty, if its loyalty cannot be guaranteed, then the formation and training of the new army is tantamount to digging a grave for itself.

Emperor Chongzhen, who came from later generations, certainly understood the importance of mastering the military heart, and to master the military heart, the Confucian ethics of monarchs, ministers, ministers, fathers, sons, etc., are naturally the most useful and the most accepted and recognized by this era.

In this regard, Huang Daozhou, a typical Confucian gentleman-type figure, is naturally a very suitable candidate. And the emperor conveyed it to Huang Daozhou through Sun Chengzong's mouth, and Huang Daozhou naturally recognized it highly. Because in his opinion, if the new army is not loyal, it is no different from bandits and thieves.

As for Fang Kongzhi, he was also a loyal minister, and soon after the recovery at this time in history, he would be appointed by Emperor Chongzhen as Shangbao Sicheng, and later he would be sent to Huguang as governor, and during Yang Sichang's reign, he would be imprisoned and cut down because of his opposition to Yang Sichang's policy of appeasing Zhang Xianzhong and other rogues.

Of course, the most important reason why Emperor Chongzhen used him was because he would have a good son named Fang Yizhi in the future.

Historically, after the death of Emperor Chongzhen, his body was discarded outside the Donghua Gate of the Forbidden City by order of Li Zicheng. At that time, Fang Yizhi, who was stranded because of the fall of Beijing, was the only Ming courtier who dared to go to Donghua Gate to soothe the corpse and cry bitterly.

It was precisely because of the mourning for Chongzhen that Fang Yizhi was captured by the Dashun army. At that time, when all the ministers surrendered, Fang Yizhi was tortured, but he always insisted on not surrendering.

In the end, after a month of stiffening, because Li Zicheng fled Beijing in a hurry with the Dashun army, Fang Yizhi, a little-known minor official of the Ming court, was not taken away by the army and was able to successfully escape to the south.

After the death of Nanming, Fang Yizhi still insisted on organizing the righteous army to resist the Qing Dynasty, and after the final defeat, he became a monk.

However, even so, he did not give up the cause of resisting the Qing until he was captured by the Manchus during the Shunzhi period, and finally committed suicide by throwing himself into the water while crossing the Gan River by boat on the way from Jiangxi to Guangzhou for interrogation.

The ancients said that seeking loyalty to the family of filial piety. The reuse of Fang Yizhi's father Fang Kongzhi in advance can be regarded as Emperor Chongzhen's expression of respect for this pair of loyal ministers and fathers.

As for Wang Shugu, it was entirely because of his younger brother Wang Zegu.

These two brothers were both jinshi, and Wang Shugu was two years older than Wang Zegu, and he was also a few years earlier than Zhongjinshi.

When Wang Zegu served in the Jiliao Governor's Office, Wang Shugu served in the Yamen of the Military Department of Shanhaiguan, and he was in charge of the affairs to Langzhong, and in the bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty, he belonged to the category of more decent, but also conscientious.

Now he chooses to use him, in addition to being the elder brother of Wang Zegu, one of his own cadres, he also takes a fancy to him.